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Arnold, Martin. Thor: Myth to marvel. London, New York: Continuum, 2011. Added by: joachim (26/01/2011, 14:29) Last edited by: joachim (29/03/2021, 16:54) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 9781441137159 BibTeX citation key: Arnold2011 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Thor", Marvel, Middle Ages, Myth, Superhero, USA Creators: Arnold Publisher: Continuum (London, New York) |
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The myths of the Norse god Thor were preserved in the Icelandic Eddas, set down in the early Middle Ages. The bane of giants and trolls, Thor was worshipped as the last line of defence against all that threatened early Nordic society. Thor’s significance persisted long after the Christian conversion and, in the mid-eighteenth century, Thor resumed a symbolic prominence among northern countries. Admired and adopted in Scandinavia and Germany, he became central to the rhetoric of national romanticism and to more belligerent assertions of nationalism. Resurrected in the latter part of the twentieth century in Marvel Magazine, Thor was further transformed into an articulation both of an anxious male sexuality and of a parallel nervousness regarding American foreign policy. Martin Arnold explores the extraordinary regard in which Thor has been held since medieval times and considers why and how his myth has been adopted, adapted and transformed. Table of Contents Acknowledgments (vii) Introduction (xi) 1. The Giant Killer: Thor in Old Norse Mythology (1) Notes (161) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |